Jerome Turner

Jerome Turner (1898-) was an African-American civil rights activist. He was a friend of Jesse Washington, who was lynched in Waco, Texas on 15 May 1916 after being accused of raping and murdering a white woman, Lucy Fryer. In 1979, he shared Washington's story with the black student union at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Klan intended to bomb the rally, only to have their plans ruined when undercover cop Ron Stallworth informed the police about the bomb plot.